Oracle Taleo vs SAP SuccessFactors comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Taleo
Ranking in Talent Management
12th
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Benefits Administration (10th)
SAP SuccessFactors
Ranking in Talent Management
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
91
Ranking in other categories
Cloud HCM (1st), Talent Acquisition (2nd), Global Payroll (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2024, in the Talent Management category, the mindshare of Oracle Taleo is 2.3%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP SuccessFactors is 17.6%, down from 18.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Talent Management
Unique Categories:
Benefits Administration
3.9%
Cloud HCM
18.6%
Talent Acquisition
24.4%
 

Featured Reviews

Kumar Madhur - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 10, 2022
Recruiting module is highly usable, with good performance and goal management features
The setup is not complicated as such. From a user perspective, it's not complicated and, in fact, is quite user-friendly. Even for the implementer, it is quite easy to configure. The implementation time naturally depends upon the requirements, but at a minimum, we can implement recruiting and onboarding with Oracle in 45 days. If you have more of a management workflow, there's also a lot of a customization there. And if you have customized Java applications, those areas need to be developed and it may take more time. But overall, in it can be configured and delivered to customers in 45 days.
ST
Jan 20, 2023
Constantly improving functionality and a flexible, customizable interface
Customer support needs improvement because it is a weakness. Support is offshore so you deal with people in other countries such as India. You have to adjust to their time zone to get support. They should do a better job because they are there to provide a service to customers, not the other way around. You have to bend to support's availability and it is difficult to get them to understand that they are actually there to help you. We are fortunate as partners because we have a dedicated account manager who is always available and responsive. We get direction and training materials at a VIP service level from our customer success account manager. We recommend this level of service because it really helps us.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The Talent Acquisition and Headhunting features are good."
"ATS is used to track candidates. We've used it for job requisitions, getting candidates for those requisitions, moving them through different interview stages, and then handling their onboarding process."
"Performance and goal management are good to have, based on certain client requirements where the user base isn't too large, but the most workable domain of Taleo is the recruiting module."
"Good integration capabilities and extensibility."
"The solution offers good benefits for administrators."
"It is easy to use. Requisition management and pre-screening are the two most valuable features."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The stability of the solution is good."
"It has improved my organization by enabling us to efficiently manage our personnel."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the performance management module."
"Currently, we are using the performance and goals management functionality the most. It is connected with the enterprise solution, and it is seamless. It can be easily accessed because it is available via the net. It is readily available, provided you have an internet connection. Their technical support is also very good."
"Compared to other on-premise solutions, the first advantage of SAP SuccessFactors is that it is a SaaS-based solution."
"One of the most wonderful features is the ability to customize the modules and workflows. So far, we've done a fair bit of customization and it is helping us a lot and really adds to the value we already get from SuccessFactors."
"It's very user-friendly."
"The most important feature is the ability to follow up on the yearly performance of the team. It's very good for management to understand how people are performing."
"This solution offers good flexibility and configurability. It can handle different types of performance management."
 

Cons

"Lacks some systems that we need."
"There are always going to be little caveats here and there that you might not have known about as far as changes are concerned, however, it's not business-oriented to the point where the business shuts down."
"Oracle Taleo felt a bit outdated, and we didn't use it for every step of the candidate process. We mainly used it to track job IDs, create job requisitions, and add candidates when making an offer. It wasn't very user-friendly for moving candidates through different stages of the recruitment lifecycle."
"In terms of Oracle Taleo as a product, there are a lot of things which can be developed; most feedback which I have heard from customers is about the dashboard and the home page, both of which are quite basic."
"I don't see very valuable features in this product because it has an old way of interpreting ATS. It should be more flexible in managing datasets and data searches. The screening data is a long process in Taleo."
"The bulk recruitment feature does not work well."
"The pricing could be improved."
"It would be ideal if we could integrate the solution with Olympia. It would be helpful if we could add another support desk for an IT person. It would be great if the product was more interdisciplinary and could include IT."
"We have many interruptions and disconnection points into processes, which is why we are looking to another solution. We are not so happy with the system. We believe we have in the market better solution, so we are looking for alternatives but so far the system has been used a lot."
"The price could be lower."
"The process for long modules needs to be improved, because compared to how it's done with a competitor (Meta4), the competitor's process was simpler."
"There are a few features that are missing. There are specific features on the HTM, such as telecom safety, that just isn't there. It's not a very detailed solution in that sense. However, it is maybe not expected to have those kinds of features on the surface level of the product."
"The reporting tool is not as good as IBM Cognos which is very, very powerful."
"LMS, Learning Management Systems, needs improvement because there were some stability problems."
"Analytics could use some work."
"SAP SuccessFactors' pricing structure could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Whether you pay annually or on some other payment schedule depends on the license model you choose. Typically, clients pay a yearly subscription."
"We don't utilize even half of the licenses because not everyone uses them. With SAP SuccessFactors, though, we're now conducting all our performance evaluations within the system, so I suppose we're making better use of those licenses. As for SAP for employee services and internal benefits processing, we do have licenses for those but don't utilize them."
"Due to the way in which we purchased SuccessFactors as a module along with other SAP modules, we were able to procure it at a slightly better price than usual. I would rate their pricing 5/5 stars."
"The product is expensive. The product is worth the money you pay for it."
"This is a more costly solution than comparable products, and training is not available in the open-market, so this has to be purchased separately from the vendor."
"Probably, it is one of the priciest products, and is very costly to put up and maintain but because it is a good solution end to end, people take it."
"The solution is on the expensive side but is definitely worth the money."
"The licensing fees are based on the number of modules that are being used, and the number of users."
"I don't want to comment on the license cost, to be honest. It could be about $1,000 approximately per customer. However, it's very flexible in terms of the licensing costs depending on the volume and depending on the deal of installation."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Educational Organization
8%
Educational Organization
47%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Taleo?
Good integration capabilities and extensibility.
What needs improvement with Oracle Taleo?
Taleo doesn't really provide us with the systems that we need. There are a few areas that they don't cover.
What is your primary use case for Oracle Taleo?
We are customers of Oracle and I'm an associate architect, technology.
What are the biggest differences between Workday, Oracle Cloud and SAP SuccessFactors?
Differences between Workday, Oracle Cloud,w and SAP SuccessFactors:w Oracle: "simple interface and deep customization to suit the purpose." SAP: Multiple functionalities that increase process effi...
What is better, SAP HCM or SAP SuccessFactors?
When it comes to user experience, SuccessFactors is unquestionably superior, as it provides end users with a new experience and an advanced user interface. Additionally, the entire concept of SF is...
What do you like most about SAP SuccessFactors?
The tool is easy to use for performance management. We haven't experienced any issues with SAP SuccessFactors for performance management, which is great. However, since we're still learning to use ...
 

Also Known As

Taleo, SonicRecruit
SuccessFactors
 

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Sample Customers

ICA Fluor, Monsanto Company, Hitachi Consulting, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Kalpataru Ltd, DELL Inc., JSR Micro Inc., Skanska AB, Acciona, Baloise Group, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, Logicalis Inc., Garmin International, Intuit Inc, The Dow Chemical Company
City of Cape Town, ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd., TransAlta Corporation, Keolis, PT XL Axiata Tbk, National Football League (NFL), Plan International, Yoh, A Day & Zimmermann Company, China Talent Group (CTG TMO), Umicore S.A., Butterfield Bank, Skril
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